The Sun
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. First published in 1914, R. A. Sampson's book The Sun presents an early twentieth-century overview of the facts, theories and astronomical phenomena relating to the Sun.
Product details
August 2011Paperback
9781107401648
150 pages
203 × 127 × 8 mm
0.17kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Science and the Sun
- 2. The Sun's output of heat
- 3. The Sun as the mechanical centre of the world
- 4. The spectroscope
- 5. Definition of the Sun's surface
- 6. Periodicity of the Sun
- 7. Eclipses of the Sun
- 8. The Sun as a star
- Bibliography
- Numerical data
- Index.
